Izifunda ezingama-36 zase-USA kanye nenhlokodolobha yayo, iWashington DC ufake icala elisha elibhekene neGoogle, kubhekwa ukuthi ukulawula kwayo isitolo sohlelo lokusebenza le-Android kwakha ukubusa.
Lo mzuliswano omusha wempi phakathi kosopolitiki nobuchwepheshe obukhulu buza esikhathini esingaphezu kwesonto ngemuva kokuthi ijaji lichithe icala likahulumeni wesifundazwe elibhekene neFacebook ngenxa yokushoda kobufakazi. Lelo cala laliseWashington futhi lena yamanje, eholwa yi-Utah, North Carolina, Tennessee, New York, Arizona, Colorado, Iowa naseNebraska, icutshungulwa enkantolo yombuso eCalifornia.
Abameli bakwaGoogle bazowina imali. Ngaphezu kwaleli cala, kufanele abhekane nelilodwa elifakwe ngo-Okthoba nguMnyango Wezobulungiswa kanye nezindawo eziyi-14 lapho kuthintwa khona isizinda sakhe ekusesheni ngomakhalekhukhwini; esinye esihlokweni esifanayo esethulwe yizifunda ezingama-38 ngoDisemba; kanye necala lesithathu elivela ezifundeni eziyi-15 ezihlobene nemakethe yezokukhangisa.
Kusuka enkampanini bakusho lokho Uma isidingo sikhula, izindleko zabathuthukisi abancane zizokwenyuka, amandla abo okusungula nokuncintisana azoncipha.r, futhi kuzokwenza izinhlelo zokusebenza kuyo yonke imvelo ye-Android zivikeleke kakhulu kubathengi.
Ngokusho kwabo:
Leli cala aliqondene nokusiza omncane noma ukuvikela abathengi, ”kusho le nkampani. “Kumayelana nokunikeza amandla onjiniyela abambalwa abakhulu abafuna izinzuzo ze-Google Play ngaphandle kokuzikhokhela.
Ngingumuntu othanda imakethe yamahhala futhi ngincamela ukubona osopolitiki bekude ngangokunokwenzeka. Kepha, ufuna ngikutshele ini, ngifunde isitatimende seGoogle futhi ngezwa isidingo sokubheka ukuthi ngabe ngisenawo yini isikhwama semali.
Icala elisha elibhekene neGoogle Likhuluma ngani?
Labo ababhekene necala bafuna ukugwema ukuqala ukusebenza ngoSepthemba ozayo wekhomishini entsha edingwa yiGoogle. 30% wezimpahla noma amasevisi athengiswe ku-Google Play.
Esihlokweni futhi kukhona amacala afakwe yizinkampani ezinkulu njenge-Epic Games, unjiniyela weFornite, kanye nekilasi isenzos egameni labathuthukisi nabathengi ngabodwana.
Zombili lezi zinsolo kanye nalezi ezethulwe yizifundazwe, bazolungiswa phambi kweJaji uJames Donato. Futhi, kulokhu akukho mehluko phakathi kwamaDemokhrasi namaRiphabhulikhi. UDonato waqokwa ngu-Obama, kodwa phakathi kwabashushisi ababambe iqhaza kukhona amaRepublican.
Abamangali bakugcina lokho Noma zikhona ezinye izitolo zohlelo lokusebenza, iGoogle iqinisekise ukuthi azikho kuzo ezingadlula ngaphezu kwe-5% yemakethe. Ngakho-ke, iyenqaba ukuvumela ezinye izitolo zohlelo lokusebenza ukuthi zilandwe kusuka ku-Play Store esemthethweni, eza kuqala ukufakwa kuwo wonke ama-smartphones e-Android. Futhi iyenqaba ukuvumela ezinye izitolo zohlelo lokusebenza ukuthi zithenge ukukhangisa kunjini yayo yokusesha noma kungxenyekazi yokusakaza ividiyo ye-YouTube nayo engumnikazi wayo.
Abashushisi bacaphuna indlela iGoogle ezame ngayo ukuvimbela i-Samsung amadivayisi ayo anama-60% emakethe yase-US yamadivayisi we-Android) ekuvuleleni isitolo sayo. Ngokusho kwabo, iGoogle ibizonikeza iSamsung isamba semali esingadalulwanga kusengaphambili nengxenye yemali etholwe ku-Play Store yayo ngokushintshanisa umkhiqizi waseKorea ukuthi angasayini izivumelwano zokusabalalisa ezikhethekile nabathuthukisi.
Ngokwazi, izingxoxo aziphumelelanga, kepha ziphumelele ikwazile ukuvimbela onjiniyela ukuthi bangashiyi isitolo sohlelo lokusebenza noma bameme abathengi ukuthi balande izibuyekezo ezivela kweminye imithombo. Enganelisekile ngalokhu, ngaphezu kokwenza kube nzima ukulanda isoftware kusuka kwezinye izindawo, iGoogle ibizosabalalisa imininingwane engamanga ukwesabisa abasebenzisi.
Icala elisha lithole ukwesekwa ngomdlandla okuvela ku-Coalition for App Fairness, iqembu elihlanganisa i-Epic, Spotify neMatch phakathi kwabanye:
UMeghan DiMuzio, umqondisi omkhulu weqembu uthe:
Izitolo zohlelo lokusebenza zinikezwe ukudlula mahhala ukusebenzisa kabi isikhundla sazo esivelele emakethe isikhathi eside kakhulu.
Kuzofanele silinde ukubona ukuthi kwenzekani ngecala le-Epic elibhekene neGoogle eliqala ngo-Ephreli wonyaka ozayo
Okumele kwenziwe yiSamsung uma ifuna ukuzihlukanisa nezinqubomgomo zeGoogle ukuthi ixhase okungenani eyodwa yamaphrojekthi abamba i-android, ukuze abanye onjiniyela beselula bezolandela, bevumela okulula kwesinye sesitolo esithandwayo somsebenzisi ku isikhathi sokuthenga noma ukuthi kusuka esitolo esizenzakalelayo kuvunyelwe ukufaka ezinye izitolo zohlelo lokusebenza bese sikhubaza esiza ngokuzenzakalela. Ukube kwenzekile, amacala afana nalawa ebengeke agcine enkantolo kwazise isifiso esikhulu sezombusazwe akukhona nje ukuzuza imali eningi noma amavoti, kepha isifiso sokulawula kakhulu.